| Various Artists / Streets Of Bollywood And Beyond, The |
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| Album: | Streets Of Bollywood And Beyond, The | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Jun 2006 | |
| Label: | Times Square Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-07-02 | Pull Date: | 2006-09-03 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Sep 3 | Aug 27 | Aug 20 | Aug 13 | Aug 6 | Jul 30 | Jul 23 | Jul 16 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 30, 2006: | Not Storytime Say Na, Say Na | 4. | Aug 15, 2006: | New World Disorder Say Na, Say Na | |
| 2. | Aug 22, 2006: | New World Disorder Naadirdinna | 5. | Aug 08, 2006: | New World Disorder Indi-Yarn | |
| 3. | Aug 17, 2006: | Storytime! Afreen Afreen (Dance Mix) | 6. | Aug 06, 2006: | Boo Disorder Naadirdinna |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2006-06-28 | ||
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[coll]: Streets of Bollywood and Beyond (Times Square) Reviewed by Sadie O., 6/28/06 Modern urban Indian (and Indian expat) dance music, movie music, remixes, mostly out of England. Wide range of quality – some gawdawful commercial tripe and a few inspired moments. Track 1 and 12 are infectious dance treats from a recent hit movie, track 13 (with Nusret Fateh Ali Khan) and 14 (by A.R. Rahman) are brilliant, there are a couple of decent English style Bhangra cuts, and tracks 8-10 suck so hard it hurts. FCC on track 9, which is pure shite anyway. 1. 3:15 ***midtempo high energy urban Bhangra, female vocalist. From the recent hit movie “Bluffmaster”. Highly infectious! 2. 3:22 *somewhat downtempo and relaxed beat, sound collage with some pretty female vocals and a bit of English pop hip hop. 3. 5:00 *midtempo dance Hindi remix with English (rather bland) rap. Nice sound overall, though. 4. 5:07 **midtempo dance groove with really fun sound – unfortunately the rap in English is even worse than the last cut. 5. 4:16 ***midtempo Bhangra, with some traditional style male/female back and forth, a lot of remix from huge hit movie with Shahrukh Khan from several years ago. 6. 6:02 *slow, with toast/rap by English DJ Cheshire Cat, female Hindi singer. 7. 3:45 *midtempo remix of hit from Hum Aapke Hain Koun a few years back, with a bit of English rap. 8. 4:28 slow, pop, really rather awful, puerile female singing in English… 9. 3:04 FCC 0:30, 1:10, etc. “shit”; downtempo hip hop with very little Indian influence or interest. 10. 4:13 midtempo remix duet with another rather awful English rap really spoiling a decent Bollywood hit. 11. 5:35 **somewhat downtempo Bhangra, lots of Indian vocals and bit of OK English/Jamaican rap. 12. 3:57 ***slightly uptempo dance with fun vocals. Hit from Bluffmaster with samples from much earlier filmi hits, including the fun and goofy Eena Meena Deeka which was recently on a-file. 13. 5:45 ****downtempo remix featuring Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, rather trance-y and devotional, but with some cool beat. 14. 5:45 ****Amazing mashup of styles from A.R. Rahman and the film Paarthale Paravasam, which I think is Tamil? Midtempo, bongos, acoustic guitar, lovely vocals, sinister undercurrent. Amazing ending. A.R. Rahman roolz! | ||
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